We are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. And as we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective.

DELENN, "A Distant Star" (1994)

We are all slaves to our histories. If there is to be a bright future, we must learn to break those chains.

DELENN, "GROPOS" (1995)

I can only conclude that I'm paying off karma at a vastly accelerated rate.

LT. COMMANDER SUSAN IVANOVA, "Points of Departure" (1994)

We fight because it is our nature. It is the calling of our heart. Life and death are simply two possible consequences, both equal, neither valued nor feared above the other. For a warrior, death is simply the release from our obligation.

SHAKIRI, "Moments of Transition" (1997)

The history of war is the history of pain. If we are wise, what is born of that pain matures into the promise of a better world, because we learn that we can no longer afford the mistakes of the past.

G'KAR, Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)

I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, "Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?" So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

MARCUS COLE, "A Late Delivery from Avalon" (1996)

I have seen what power does and I have seen what power costs. The one is never equal to the other.

G'KAR, "Epiphanies" (1997)

Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams.